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December 23, 2020

Pakistani Human Rights Activist Karima Mehrab Baloch Found Dead in Canada
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In Canada, exiled Pakistani human rights activist Karima Mehrab Baloch
was found dead in Toronto this week. Her husband says she went out on a
walk Sunday and never returned home. Her body was found the next day.
Baloch fled Pakistan after receiving threats due to her human rights
work in her home region of Balochistan. In 2016, the BBC named Baloch as
one of the 100 most influential women working in human rights. Earlier
this year, another exiled activist from Balochistan, the journalist
Sajid Hussain, was found dead in Sweden.


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